Kahlil Byrd

Kahlil Byrd (KB) is co-founder and CEO of Shur. KB has successfully launched and scaled technology and data-enabled platforms across fintech and national politics as a founder, CEO, and board director.

He is also the founder of Invest America, a technology and advisory firm focused on solving major societal problems using data, research, strategy, organizational design, and product development. Previously, he was CEO of Americans Elect, a $45 million national initiative to re-imagine the presidential nominating process by leveraging data and technology for hundreds of thousands of users. AE won the 2012 People’s Choice Award at South by Southwest and two Clio Awards.

KB is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a graduate of Morehouse College and Harvard Kennedy School. He and his wife Sarah, Executive Director of the national non-profit Women Moving Millions, live in Brooklyn.